Each year over 500,000 women die during childbirth, mostly in developing countries, due to severe bleeding which can kill within two hours if unattended and contributes to 44% of maternal deaths in Africa. Access to safe blood transfusions could prevent up to 25% of maternal deaths, yet in low-income countries 65% of blood is given to children under five, highlighting the need for more blood donations to save mothers' lives during childbirth.

1. Each year, more than 500 000
women die needlessly during pregnancy
or childbirth,
99 % of them in the developing world.

2. In low-income
countries, up to
65% of blood
transfusions are
given to children
under five years of
age

3. Severe bleeding can kill even a healthy woman
within two hours if unattended and contributes
to up to 44 % of maternal deaths in Africa.
Risk of maternal death:
• Africa - 1 in every 16 mothers
• Asia - 1 in every 65
• North America - 1 in every 2700

4. Up to 25% of
all maternal
deaths could
be prevented
by access to
safe blood.

5. Many women
are mothers
who have
already
brought life
into the world
during
childbirth.
By donating blood, they are giving
life again.

6. The biggest GIFT in life is a piece
of yourself.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson –